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Course Policies

Advance registration guarantees you a seat in any paid course. All programs, including the free "F" courses, require a ticket for admission, with the exception of Live TV courses. All you need to attend a Live TV course is your Midwinter Meeting badge.

All-day courses are designated with an “A” or “B” following the course number. The “A” refers to the morning session of the course and the “B” to the afternoon session. “B” courses are always a continuation of “A” courses. For example:

C101A, 9 a.m.-noon

C101B, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

When ordering tickets for an all-day program:

If you wish to attend the morning session only, order tickets for the “A” course.

If you wish to attend the afternoon session only, order tickets for the “B” course.

If you wish to attend both sessions, order tickets for both the “A” and “B” courses.

Most of the scientific programming offered at the Midwinter Meeting is included in the registration fee (which is waived for 2015 CDS Regular and Associate members). Free courses are seated on first-come, first-seated basis. Free courses are all ticketed, and if you wish to reserve your seat, register for the course and arrive with ticket prior to start time. Those who wish to attend these courses, but who do not wish to reserve a ticket through Registration, need to obtain a ticket if available at the classroom door.

Lectures are either full- or half-day sessions. Panels are group presentations on a subject or theme of common interest to all panelists. Questions from the audience are encouraged. Panelists are listed alphabetically, not neces­sar­ily in the order in which they will speak.

Some courses have mandatory prerequisite sessions. These courses are marked with an “M” For example:

C203AMPre-reg: $90; On site: $105

This course is a prerequisite course. The fee for this course is included in the fee for the participation course to which this mandatory course pertains.

When ordering tickets for a mandatory “M” course:

Be sure to order tickets for the corresponding course, and do not include the fee for the mandatory “M” course; the “M” fee is included in the fee charged for the participation (P) course.

Mandatory courses also have available seating for those who do not plan to attend the participation portion. The fee listed with the “M” course applies if you are planning to attend the mandatory “M” course only.

Many of our courses are repeated during the meeting to enable as many people to attend as possible. Repeat courses are denoted with an “R”. For example, P104R1 is a repeat of course P104. Those courses that are repeated more than once will be designated with a number such as P107R2, which means this is the second repeat of the course P107.

A tradition of working for the dental profession. The Chicago Dental Society was organized in 1864 and incorporated in 1878. The objective of the Chicago Dental Society is to encourage the improvement of the health of the public, to promote the art and science of dentistry and to represent the intrest of the members of the profession and the public that it serves.